Wyoming earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 43 km ENE of Warm River, Idaho

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 43 km ENE of Warm River, Idaho on Wed, Sep 8, 2021, 11:18 AM MDT (17:18 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 44 km ENE of Warm River, Idaho. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
University of Utah Seismograph Stations
Local time
UTC
2021-09-08 17:18:06 UTC
Depth
4.7 km (2.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
44.243° N, 110.800° W
Region
Wyoming
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.28Md, durationUniversity of Utah Seismograph StationsPreferred · Final · ±0.386 · 3 stations
2.1ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.097 · 14 stations

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.8 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.39
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
157°
Stations used
8

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 70 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 70.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60028709 (also filed as us7000f9fm). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:41 PM UTC.